NATIONAL PARKS
BIOTIC/ABIOTIC FACTORS
FOOD WEBS
BIODIVERSITY
VOCABULARY
100

This is the first recognized National Park in the United States.

What is Yellowstone National Park?

100

This abiotic factor, along with oxygen, is necessary for all life. Our cells can not function without it.

What is water?

100

These types of organisms are on the bottom of the food chain.

What are producers?

100
This factor, that contributes to biodiversity, deals with different traits of humans, or different breeds of dogs.

What is Genetic Biodiversity (or Genetic Variability)?

100

A group of organims of the same species living in a given area.

What is a population?

200

The year that Yellowstone National Park was established.

What is 1872?

200

A community of living organisms in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment.

What is an ecosystem?

200

The term given to an organism that eats organisms that eat producers.

What are secondary consumers?

200

This factor, that contributes to biodiversity, deals with different climates, or large changes in weather conditions.

What is Ecological Biodiversity (or Ecological Variability)?

200

An interaction where two species live together for a long time.

What is symbiosis?

300
The U.S. National Park model is actually based upon the model used by this country.

What is Canada?

300

This is what results when two species need to utilize the same resources.

What is competition?

300

These symbols depict which direction the energy is flowing in a food web.

What are arrows?

300

This is the meaning of the prefix 'bio'.

What is life, (or living things)?

300

The interconnection of food chains that shows what- eats- what in an ecological community.

What is a food web?

400

This event inspired John Muir, and some Californians to petition the government to protect certain areas of land.  The San Francisco 49ers are thankful.

What is the Gold Rush?

400

In this type of relationship, little mites live and leak feces on your face. But don't worry, you're unaffected.

What is commenalism?

400

This term is given to an organism that eats producers.

What is a primary consumer?

400

This 'value' of biodiversity can be seen in the money that is made from our environment.

What is economic value?

400

The role played by an organism in the natural world

What is a niche?

500

The number of National Park in the U.S., minus the ones in California.

What is 53?

500

This abiotic factor drives our entire food chain, starting with plants via photosynthesis.

What is the sun?

500

This disruption to an ecosystem occurs when a keystone species is removed from a food web.

What is a trophic cascade?
500

Hiking, camping, swimming are examples of this type of 'value' to biodiversity.

What is Recreational value?

500

The natural environment that meets all the conditions an organism needs to survive.

What is a habitat?